Congratulations to our winning Christmas card creators!

Sarah Riddlestone

Fundraising Officer

In September, we asked you to help us design our Christmas cards for 2014. We had over 100 wonderful entries ranging from Christmas puddings, winter wildlife scenes, dogs in Santa outfits to a self-portrait, a poem and a Christmas rap – we’ve had it all! The three winning designs are now available for purchase in our online shop.

We’d like to thank everyone that took part. We’ve loved looking through your Christmas cards - it’s got us feeling all festive! You can check them all out on our online gallery.

We had two expert judges: Val Kerry, a postcard creator, and Sue Jagelman, a United Response trustee, who chose the three winners.

Val thought, ‘giving a platform to all is a wonderful gesture from United Response and one that can’t be undervalued in giving a person a sense of self-worth, as well as a voice to air their creativity!’

Each snowman is a fingerprint of a different member of the Community Network art club.

Peter Coe – Round Robin

Inspirative Arts, Expressive Arts Group – Every snowman is unique, every person is special

‘We are a group of people with different abilities who come together every week to make art and express ourselves. We each made a snowman to represent ourselves, and then we made a world for them to share together.’

The Government’s position on the interpretation of regulations around the National Living Wage is causing huge confusion. As a result the delivery of community based services, for people with learning disabilities, which are proven to work well, are under real threat.

Warrens Bakery has generously provided the Cornish pasties for The ROC 5K charity fun run every year since the event was first established nearly 4 years ago. This year, they have increased their support.

Become a support worker for United Response and help disabled people in their communities at home. You’ll help them cook, clean, pay bills, apply for jobs, make friends and a thousand things in between.

Easy News is the first news magazine designed to be accessible for people with learning disabilities, aimed to encourage discussion around news stories and keep readers informed about the world around them. Read the latest issue here.

We work with young people and adults with a wide range of learning disabilities across England and Wales. To plan the right kind of support, we work closely with each individual and the people who are important to them. In this way, they get the support they want, in the way they want.

ROC (Robert Owen Communities) has Wellbeing services in Devon and Cornwall, which we can support you to attend. ROC’s Wellbeing services offers you the opportunity to learn new and exciting skills and gain accredited learning qualifications at the same time.